Sanitary cover or closure



F. L. DAILEY 1,858,139

SANITARY COVER OR CLOSURE May If) 1932.

Filed Feb. 5, 1930 7 3mm flaw A 4 flfxazy as v - I 61mm,

Patented May 10, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FRANK L. BAILEY, 01 NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO J'OHNSON 80 JOHNSON, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY SANITARY oovna on CLOSURE F Application filed February 3; 1930. Serial No. 425,587.

This invention relates to sanitary hoods, covers or closures for headrests, bottles, jars and the like.

Crimped covers or caps of paper or fiber construction suffer the disadvantage that they depend for their security to place either on the snug fitof the crimped portion or the application of a cement or separate binding element such as cord, wire or rubber band.

The purpose is to obviate the disadvantage aforestated and the nature of the invention consists in providing a sanitary cover or clo sure which in and of itself embodies in a simple and inexpensive way, a binder having elastic properties calculated to more or less positive} hold the article in place.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein 4 Figure 1 is an elevational view showing the improved cap or closure applied to a milk bottle.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the crimped skirt in its folded or fiat state and equipped with the self-contained binding element.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail on an enlarged scale showing how the binding element is anchored to spaced crimps and bridges intervemng crimps.

Referring to the drawings, the body portion 5 is formed with :1 depending portion or skirt 6 hinged at the point of offset and formed throughout with a plurality of spaced crimps or plaits 7 which in the folded relation of the parts, range radially of the skirt I to enable the same to be pressed flat against the body portion to facilitate packing in small. compass in superposed order of an rangement and when in use to insure snug fit.

Heretofore it has been usual to apply such articles in use, either alone and with no further dependence on auxiliary fastening means, or to cement the crimped area to place, or to hold it in position with the aid of twine,

, cord or loose rubber bands. Such expedients obviously are objectionable from the standpoint of expense and inconvenience or for other cogent reasons.

Departing from the old practice, the present invention provides a sanitary hood or closure having itself-contained elastic binder. According to one embodiment and with particular reference to Figs. 2 and 3, the elastic binder 8 is of a composition which, when applied in plastic or more or less fluid state,

has cementitious properties which enable it to be secured in an adhesive and cohesive relation with respect to the article, and which thereupon or eventually is possessed of elastic or stretch properties not unlike a rubber band. Various rubber compositions readily lend themselves to this purpose. The binder is so applied and disposed that it has spaced ioints of anchorage and intervening floated portions free to expand or contract. For example, referring to Fig. 3, the points of anchorage are as at. 9, to the outer crimps, with intervening portions 10 bridging the inner or spacing crimps 11. While the arrangement provides an endless elastic binder, it will be evident that breakage at any one or more points will not seriously impair the gripping function of the binder.

In addition to its function as service as when the article is applied as a closure for milk bottles or as a cover for head rests, the self-contained binder has the further merit that it tends to hold the crimped skirt flat against the body portion and, hence, facilitates packing.

Having described the invention, claim is:

what I a binder in A cover having a skirt formed with-inner I and outer crnnps, the outer crimps being spaced apart in the contracted relation of the cover,

and an elastic binder secured to and throughout the width of the outer crimps and bridging the space between such outer crimps, such bridging portions forming elastic stretches wholly free of any connection with the cover and of a length corresponding to the widths of the inner crimps.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK L. DAILEY. 

